Adamić, Adamič, or Adamic is a
patronymic surname
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in
South Slavic language
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s literally meaning "son of
Adam
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam).
According to Christianity, Adam ...
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Andrija Ljudevit Adamić
Andrija Ljudevit Adamić (; 29 November 1766 – 31 October 1828) was a Croatian trader from the City of Fiume (), builder, supporter of economical and cultural development.
Adamich was born into a wealthy Jewish family of Simon Adamić, tobac ...
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Bojan Adamič
Bojan Adamič a.k.a. Master (; 9 August 1912 – 3 November 1995), Slovene Partisans nom de guerre Gregor, was a well-known Slovene composer of jazz, the Slovenian song festival music, and particularly film scores. He was also an avid photograph ...
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Emil Adamič
Emil Adamič (December 25, 1877 – December 6, 1936) was among the most productive Slovenian composers. He wrote choral and orchestral music, altogether over 1,000 works.
Adamič was born in Dobrova to August Adamič (1843–1915) and Katharina ...
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Lada Adamic
Lada Adamic is an American network scientist, who researches information dynamics in networks. She studies how network structure influences the flow of information, how information influences the evolution of networks, and crowdsourced knowledge ...
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Louis Adamic
Louis Adamic (; March 23, 1898 – September 4, 1951) was a Slovene American, Slovene-American author and translator, mostly known for writing about and advocating for ethnic diversity of the United States.
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Louis Adamic wa ...
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Patronymic surnames
Slovene-language surnames
Serbo-Croatian-language surnames